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    Home » Easy Recipes » Baked Items

    Easy and Quick Cherry Coffee Cake .

    Published: Oct 7, 2018 · Modified: Jan 18, 2023 by Susan Moncrieff · This post may contain affiliate links · 2 Comments

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    I've made this easy and quick cherry coffee cake a few times now. It is really good.  It's one of those recipes you can whip up quickly and easily as long as you keep a couple of the key ingredients in your pantry.

    Cherry coffee cake

    I decided to try to make one after I bought a little coffee cake in the grocery store. It was gone in a couple of hours. And, when I threw out the empty package, I noticed the price. Yeah, I paid the price for convenience!

    But sometimes, a dessert just looks sooooooo good!  I found a couple of cherry coffee cake recipes and simplified them for you!

    Cherry Coffee Cake.

    This cherry coffee cake recipe is easy and starts with a cake mix. You just need to add a few ingredients and then layer the dough, the cherry pie filling and then glob on some of the rest of the dough. It looks really good, even before it is baked.

    putting the dough layer on top of the cherry layer

    Yes, this recipe is a huge success with my family. It makes a great sized pan so can serve a crowd.   It's light and fruity and perfect to bring along when you need a dessert to share.

    Cherry Coffee Cake.

    Easy Cherry Coffee Cake

    A delicious but easy recipe with a beautiful pop of red. This cherry coffee cake can be made quickly and appeals to young and old alike!
    5 from 2 votes
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    Course: baked goods, Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 40 minutes minutes
    Servings: 24 pieces
    Calories: 175cal
    Author: Susan Moncrieff

    Ingredients

    Cake mix

    • 1 box yellow cake mix
    • ½ cup vegetable oil
    • ½ cup water
    • 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla
    • 2 large eggs
    • 1 can cherry pie filling 20 oz size

    Icing drizzle

    • 3 teaspoons milk
    • ½ teaspoon vanilla
    • 1 cup powdered sugar

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 350 Fahrenheit
    • Spray 15 x 10 x 1 pan. I then put parchment paper on the bottom and then spray the parchment paper.
    • Mix cake mix, vegetable oil, water vanilla and eggs. You can either use a hand mixer or give it a really good stir.
    • Set aside about ¾ cup of cake dough
    • Spread the rest of the cake dough on the pan. It is a thin layer.
    • I have started gently mushing the cherries. My kids have found the odd pit in the canned cherries.
    • Gently spread the cherry filling over the dough layer
    • Using a tablespoon, drop the dough you've set aside onto the cherry filling
    • Gently spread your 'dough drops'.
    • There should be gaps so you can see the cherry filling.
    • Bake 25-30 minutes. Check with toothpick for doneness.
    • Cool for about 1 hour
    • Mix powdered sugar, 3 teaspoon milk and vanilla. Drizzle on the cherry coffee cake.
    • I cut this into 24 good sized pieces.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1g | Calories: 175cal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 168mg | Potassium: 43mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 74IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 52mg | Iron: 1mg

    I hope you agree that this is an easy cherry coffee cake.  And no, you absolutely don't need to like coffee.  My teens were asking why it's called coffee cake.  I had to explain that in the 'olden days' people socialized more at each other's homes.  They would have a coffee and a dessert, hence the name.  But, I digress.  This recipe is absolutely delicious.  If you like this recipe (because it tastes good, looks good and is easy to make), you will like the following recipes too!

    The recipes below are all recipes I make with items I have at home.  When I want something that tastes good, and I am running low on time.

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    1. Cindy Merrill

      October 08, 2018 at 6:52 am

      Want to kick the flavor up a notch? Use Brandy extract instead of Vanilla- makes this dessert more adult.

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    2. Patti

      October 08, 2018 at 5:18 am

      Yum. This looks and sounds so good. We are getting ready to visit some old friends soon for the weekend and I wanted to bring something to their house. This will be perfect. Thanks!

      Reply

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